note hardburn <blockquote> <p>I have reaffirmed a long-standing and strongly held view: Language comparisons are rarely meaningful and even less often fair. A good comparison of major programming languages requires more effort than most people are willing to spend, experience in a wide range of application areas, a rigid maintenance of a detached and impartial point of view, and a sense of fairness. -- Bjarne Stroustrup, The Design and Evolution of C++</p> </blockquote> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-195718"> <p>"There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, <i>Myst: The Book of D'ni</i>.</p> </div></div> 392696 392696